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Micula ✝
Description | Micula (Hungarian: Mikola, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmikolɒ]) is a commune of 5,214 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bercu Nou (Újberek), Micula and Micula Nouă (Újmikola). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micula, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Expressophyllidae : Micula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Expressophyllidae : Micula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | Rugose coral | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Micula Suitova, 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Trud. paleont. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Rugose Coral | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micula |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Micula adumbrata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Micula catilla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Micula clypeata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Micula premolisilvae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Micula prinsii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Micula swastica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Nannotetraster concava ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tetralithus murus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Tetralithus praemurus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1952 | Micula Sytova |
1960 | Nannotetraster Martini and Stradner |
1981 | Micula Hill |
1997 | Micula Bown and Young |
2002 | Micula Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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